Marielyst is one of Denmark's most beautiful and popular holiday areas.
 The holiday town Marielyst is situated on Falster, in the southern part of Denmark, and right out to 20 km of wonderful, white and sandy beach by the Baltic. Marielyst offers all you can wish for: a variety of leisure activities for the whole family, sights - both cultural and entertaining, a large selection of shops with i.a. groceries, clothes and handicraft, many good restaurants and a vivid nightlife. Furthermore, the town is scenically situated and surrounded by a lovely beach, forests and a bird sanctuary.
Beach
By Marielyst you will find Denmark's longest beach with lots of space for everyone. The beach is a wide sandy beach with clear bathing water, small dunes and Blue Flag. The water is shallow at the waters edge, which makes the beach very suitable for children. An ideal place for swimming, sunbathing, walks as well as various beach activities.
It is possible to find amber all along the coast of Falster. The options are especially good by the point Gedser Odde.
Nature
Right behind the long beach of Marielyst and along the eastern coast of Falster, the pine forest 'Bøtøskoven' is situated. The forest abuts on the cove 'Bøtø Nor' towards north and on Gedesby towards south. The forest invites walks on all times of the year.
The bird sanctuary 'Bøtø Nor' has 2 bird gazeboes, from which you can enjoy the view of the rich bird life, the large lake, the fields, the forest of reeds and the green meadows.
The impressive forest 'Corselitze-skovene' covers an area of app. 6,000 hectares of land on the north-eastern part of Falster. Besides a beautiful beech forest and other scenic landscapes, the forest offers more relics. A part of the forest is the small forest 'Halskov Vænge', which contains 6 cromlechs and 72 grave mounds.
Activities
In Marielyst and the surrounding area you will find various leisure activities for the whole family.
Right outside town, a riding centre, a go-cart track, a bowling alley, a golf course, a minigolf course, a diving centre, a water world and petanque courts are available.
If you are interested in horse racing, you can visit the trotting track 'Nykøbing Falster Travbane'.
On Lolland-Falster you will find no less than 6 golf courses, from which 4 have international standard. The nearest course belongs to the club 'Østersøen' and is situated right by Marielyst.
Anglers can fish from the shore and in the Put & Take fishponds of the area. If you wish to go deep-sea fishing, you can go to strait 'Langelandsbæltet' onboard a boat from Onsevig. If you wish to sail out on your own, you can rent boats in Stubbekøbing.
Worth a visit
The post mill 'Stubmøllen' in Stovby is the only one of its kind in Denmark. The mill was built in the year 1668 and has been destroyed by fire and re-erected. The mill is now fully restored and open to the public.
The mill 'Gedesby Mølle' is a restored Dutch mill from the year 1911, which is still fully functional.
Trotting, dog and stockcar races are arranged throughout the summer at the trotting track in Nykøbing.
In the area, surrounding Marielyst, you can visit a number of potteries, glass factories, galleries, art houses and museums.
Excursion spots
'Det Sorte Museum' (the black museum) in Gedser exhibits finds from the shores of Falster in the shape of fossils, rocks, minerals, amber and insects.
'Middelaldercentret' is an open-air museum by Sundby, where an authentic village from the 12th. century with houses, workshops, ships, vessels and a catapult has been created (15 km).
Ålholm Automobilmuseum on Lolland displays about 200 interesting automobiles from 1886 and up till today (30 km).
In 'Knuthenborg Safaripark' by Maribo the wild animals move around in their natural surroundings - right around your car or bus. Observe giraffes, rhinos, ostriches, antelopes, zebras and Siberian tigers at close range (46 km).
In Nykøbing Falster Zoo (Folkeparken) you can experience no less the 500 animals.
The cliff 'Møns Klint' is a spectacular corner of Denmark. The impressive white chalk cliffs rise from the sea and are an amazing sight (72 km)
Bonbonland offers more than 70 activities - by land, by sea, and in the air (83 km).
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